French and Indian War Exam Review

Study notebook pages 12 -17

Enlightenment

A movement which spread the idea that knowledge, reason and science could improve society.

Magna Carta

document which established the principle of limited government **provided for protection against unjust

punishment and against the loss of life, liberty and property

Mercantilism

an economic system in which a country attempts to amass wealth through

trade with other countries, exporting more than it imports

Iroquois Confederacy

A powerful group of Native Americans formed in 1570 (member nations govern their own affairs and join together for defense.)

Albany Plan of Union

called for one general government for the colonies in which an elected legislature would govern and have the power to

collect taxes, raise troops and regulate trade.

Proclamation of 1763

prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mts./ required any colonist already living west of the mountains to move back east.

Navigation Acts

laws that limited colonists’ rights to trade

English Bill of Rights

document that guaranteed basic rights to citizens

Treaty of Paris

Officially ended the French and Indian War - marked the

end of French power in North America.

plan a united defense against France

The goals of the Albany Plan of Union were to cement an alliance with Native tribes and ?

France and Britain

The Seven Years' War was a war between

Pontiac

Which leader recognized that British settlers threatened the Native Americans' way of life?

Albany Plan of Union

What plan called for one general government for all the American colonies?

Edward Braddock

What British commander was sent to conquer the French in the Ohio Valley & was killed at Ft. Duquesne?

France

The Treaty of Paris marked the end of power in North America for

William Pitt

Which man changed Britain's fortune in the war with France by becoming Prime Minister? (turning point)

Ft. Necessity

What was the small post/fort in the Ohio country established by George Washington called

French, British, Spanish & (Dutch)

By 1700, the major powers in North America were the?

raiding British settlements

During the wars between France and Great Britain, Native Americans often helped the French by: (choose one)

supplying their weapons.raiding British settlements.showing them secret paths.supplying them with food. 

Treaty of Paris, 1763

What document marked the end of France as a power in North America?

Britain and Spain

After the treaty was signed in 1763, the continent was divided between which two countries?

A halt to westward expansion

The Proclamation of 1763 called for:

owned land west of the mountains/wanted to establish settlements

The Proclamation of 1763 angered wealthy speculators & colonists because they

Iroquois Confederacy

powerful group of Native Americans

Ben Franklin

author of Albany Plan of Union

James Wolfe

conquered Quebec

POWER!

The Albany Plan of Union was not approved by Parliament because they did not want to give the colonists any political or military?

Britain

Florida

Spain

New Orleans

Britain

All French lands east of the Mississippi River (except New Orleans)

Spain

All French lands west of the Mississippi River

Britain

New France (Canada)